Please see the attached Criterion announcement in
connection with the message below. Although The Criterion announcement
states that the collection will be taken up this weekend, May 2-3, if you
choose to do so it would be alright to announce the collection in your parish
for the next weekend, May 9-10, so that parishioners and are better
prepared to make a donation.
Thank you,
Ann
Special
collection to assist
Nepal
earthquake victims
Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin
has approved a special second collection to take place in parishes throughout
the archdiocese the weekend of May 2-3 to assist relief efforts for the
millions affected by the April 25 earthquake in Nepal.
To date, more than more than
4,600 people were known to have been killed and an estimated 1 million people
were left homeless after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake hit a mountainous region
near Kathmandu.
Checks should be
made payable to “Archdiocese of Indianapolis,”
with “Earthquake Nepal” included on the memo line.
Donations may
also be mailed to the Archdiocese
of Indianapolis—Mission Office, 1400 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN
46202-2367.
To financially contribute to
the earthquake relief effort online through Catholic Relief Services, log on to
their Web page at www.crs.org.) †
